South Hampstead railway station

South Hampstead
Location	South Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Grid reference	TQ263840
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	SOH
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	38,387
2005–06	46,146
2006–07	160,873
2007–08	0.239 million
2008–09	0.278 million
2009–10	0.300 million
2010–11	0.496 million
2011–12	0.582 million
2012–13	0.573 million
2013–14	0.675 million
Key dates
1879 ?	Opened
?	electrified
? 1960s	Main Line platforms demolished
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
London transport portal

South Hampstead railway station is on Loudoun Road in the London Borough of Camden. It is about 550 yards (500 m) south west of Swiss Cottage tube station. It opened in 1879 as "Loudon Road station" and acquired its present name in 1922. Two platforms on the Euston to Watford DC Line remain; those on the slow main lines were largely demolished in the 1960s. During the West Coast Main Line electrification the original LNWR street building was replaced by one in the 1960s "brick lavatory" style and a new station footbridge was constructed. Traces of the removed station canopies and older footbridge can be seen in the brickwork of the retaining walls on both sides of the line.

South Hampstead station was evocatively described by Sir John Betjeman in his First and Last Loves, 1952.

Services

The typical service is three trains per hour to London Euston, and three trains per hour to Watford Junction, calling at all stations, although this reduces to two trains per hour in the early morning & late evenings. Three trains per hour each way also run on Sundays.

Connections

London Buses route 31 and night route N28 and N31 serve the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for South Hampstead railway station from National Rail